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...They were, as always, mostly young. According to DoD statistics, three-quarters of 2,888 troops who died in Iraq through December 2 this year were 30 years old or younger. Roughly half of them were not yet 26. Nine in ten were of ranks lower than officer. About two-thirds of those who have died there were in the Army; most of the rest were Marines...
...stepfather's paint company weathered the Depression without serious deprivations, and Ford was a happy, popular teenager and a standout on his high school football team. In 1931 he enrolled at the University of Michigan on a full athletic scholarship. He majored in economics, played center on the Big Ten varsity squad and during his senior year was chosen to participate in the Shrine College All-Star game...
...Students participating in the Harvard Israel Leadership Initiative, a 12-day traveling study seminar, will have the chance to “explore the challenges that face Israel” today as well as connect with local communities, according to Michael Simon, Associate Director of the Harvard Hillel. The ten students who were orginally slated to arrive in Israel on July 30 were notified less than a week before departure that their trip had been canceled. This October, the program—funded by the full-funding Netivot Fellowship—sought out a new round of applicants...
Hyman estimates that during the tenure of Lawrence H. Summers, he spent ten percent of his time fundraising. He has done twice as much this year...
...Ten. Toilet seat covers in all Harvard public bathrooms. Squatting is hard on the thigh muscles, and no one, let alone the busy Harvard Man, has time to stand in a stall carefully placing individual toilet paper squares around the perimeter of the seat. Thankfully, the good folks at Lamont Library have already recognized the need for these germ blocking devices. Here’s hoping the rest of the University follows suit...